EARLE, Joseph (c.1658-1730), of St. Werburgh’s, Bristol

b. c. 1658, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Earle†, merchant, of St. Werburgh’s, Bristol, and Crudwell, Wilts., mayor of Bristol 1681, by Elizabeth Ellinor (d. 1709), da. of Joseph Jackson† of Small Street, Bristol and Sneyd Park, Glos.; bro. of Giles Earle†. m. lic. 18 Nov. 1689, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Cann, merchant, of Bristol, 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1696. Inhabitants of Bristol 1698 (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxv), 133; F. A. Brown, Som. Wills, ser. 4, p. 125; W. Barrett, Hist. Bristol, 482; Fac. Off. Mar. Lic. (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxiii), 110; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 338–9; Hoare, Wilts. Ambresbury, 105.